Himalayan-Arctic Exchange: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Regional Learning in Community-Based Research Methods and Experiences

喜马拉雅-北极交流：基于社区的研究方法和经验的跨文化和跨地区学习

• 批准号: 1027288
• 负责人: Henry Huntington
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Huntington Consulting
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-04-15 至 2012-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1027288&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Himalayan; Arctic; Exchange; Cross; Cultural

This mini-workshop project, PI Henry Huntington, provides the resources for four Himalayan scholars to join their Inuit, Canadian counterparts in Nunavut to observe, gather data, and discuss the community based research projects currently underway in Clyde River, Baffin Island, Nunavut among the Inuit communities of this region. This project is part of the Arctic Social Sciences Program's faciliatation of international research collaborations on high-latitude/high-altitude cross-cultural perspectives on global climate change.The people of the Himalayas are undergoing rapid climate change comparative to the Arctic. For example, high altitude glaciers are melting causing massive flooding and threatening future sources of water., sacred sites are being destroyed, and changes in local flora and fauna are observed. NSF has funded several community based projects among the Inuit of Clyde River, e.g., the Igliniit project- is a collaboration between geomatics engineers and the Inuit to develop an interactive, mobile, Inuktitut (local language) GPS/field computer/weather station that allows Inuit hunters to record environmental information as they hunt and travel; the Silarlirijiit project - is a collabortion between NSF scientists and local elders to better understand regional wether patterns. By bringing together these two communities, Himalayan and Arctic, for a technological, knowledge, and scientific exchange, the mini-workshop has the potential not only to affect the way in which indigenous communties monitor and understand the changes in their regions but it also has the potential to inform our understanding of traditional knowledge systems about the environment, create new models for working with communities in high-altitude regions, and the ability to increase our understanding of the key social structural elements of how environmental change affects social-cultural processes.This project is quite transformational - it is a first ever exchange of scientific/local knowledge between high latitude and high altidute communities and collaborating scientists on climate change. The scientific merits are quite high, the project will give insights into local culture based knowledge systems; will transfer technology between two very diverse regions - technology developed in collaborations with indigenous communities; and this exchange has the potential for scientists to gain critical insights into social structural resilience that exists regardless of local cultural knowledge.

这个小型工作坊项目皮皮·亨利·亨廷顿（Pi Henry Huntington）为四个喜马拉雅学者提供了资源，以加入努纳武特（Nunavut）的加拿大加拿大同行，观察，收集数据并讨论目前在该地区的因纽特人社区中的努纳武特（Nunavut）的Clyde River正在进行的基于社区的研究项目。 该项目是北极社会科学计划促进有关全球气候变化的高纬度/高海洋跨文化观点国际研究合作的促进。喜马拉雅山脉的人们正在迅速进行气候变化与北极的比较。 例如，高海拔冰川正在融化，导致大规模的洪水和威胁未来的水源。 NSF资助了克莱德河因纽特河中的几个基于社区的项目，例如，Igliniit项目 - 是地理工程师与因纽特人之间的合作，以开发一个互动，移动，移动，inuktitut（本地语言）GPS/field Computer/Wearty站，可让Inuit Hunters记录狩猎和旅行的环境信息； Silarlirijiit项目 - 是NSF科学家与当地长者之间的协作，以更好地了解区域性模式。 By bringing together these two communities, Himalayan and Arctic, for a technological, knowledge, and scientific exchange, the mini-workshop has the potential not only to affect the way in which indigenous communties monitor and understand the changes in their regions but it also has the potential to inform our understanding of traditional knowledge systems about the environment, create new models for working with communities in high-altitude regions, and the ability to increase our understanding of the key social structural elements of how environmental change影响社会文化的过程。该项目是相当变革的 - 这是高纬度和高高度社区和高升高社区之间的科学/本地知识的首次交流，以及在气候变化方面的合作。 科学优点很高，该项目将洞悉基于当地文化的知识系统。将在两个非常多样化的地区之间转移技术 - 与土著社区合作开发的技术；这种交流有可能使科学家获得对存在的社会结构韧性的批判性见解，而这种韧性无论地方文化知识如何。